GE Vocab Flashcards

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Nettles

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A jagged leaf plant with stinging hairs

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Lozenges

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A charge in the shape of a rhombus

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Dikes

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A long wall created to prevent flooding

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Larceny

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Theft of property

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Consternation

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Feelings of anxiety or dismay at something unexpected

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Imbrue

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To stain

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Imprecation

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A spoken curse

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Penitential

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An expression of repentance and regret

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Exonerated

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Free of guilt or blame

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Catechism

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A book with the summary of the principles of the Christian religion

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Purblind

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Nearly or partially blind

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Erudition

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Knowledge acquired by study

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Uncongenial

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Unfriendly not pleasant to be near

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Ablution

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The act of washing oneself

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Farinaceous

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Having a mealy texture, made of flour

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Corduroys

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Trousers made with cotton filling pile fabric

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Gormandize

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To eat ravenously or greedily

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Propound

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To put forward for consideration

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Capricious

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Erratic

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Metaphysics

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Underlying theoretical principles of a subject of inquiry

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Felicitous

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Well chosen for the circumstances

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Derision

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Contemptuous ridicule or mockery

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Pervade

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Spread through, and perceived in every part

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Bereave

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Be deprived of a loved one through a scene

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Augur

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Portend a good or bad outcome

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Sagacious

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Having keen mental discernment

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Monomia

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Obsessive enthusiasm with one thing

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Subterfuge

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Deceit used in order to achieve a goal

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Encumber

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Restrict or burden that makes action difficult

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Amalgamation

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Action or result of combining